As curators we want to assert biological relationships, and by asserting those relationships infer the properties of host/parasite.
@PJansta suggests an initial framework for discussion:
Other possible categories:
Associate
Associated host
Associated plant
Host
Parasitoid
Primary parasitoid
Endoparasitoid
Ectoparasitoid
Secondary parasitoid
Endoparasitoid
Ectoparasitoid
Zoophytophagous
Phytozoophagous
Phytophagous species
Gall-maker
Phytophagous/seedeater
Phytozoophagous
Zoophytophagous
What to do with multiparasitoidism; superparasitoidsm; koinobiont; idiobiont; first instar ectoparasitoid, other instars endoparasitoids and vice versa…
As curators we want to assert biological relationships, and by asserting those relationships infer the properties of host/parasite.
@PJansta suggests an initial framework for discussion:
Other possible categories:
What to do with multiparasitoidism; superparasitoidsm; koinobiont; idiobiont; first instar ectoparasitoid, other instars endoparasitoids and vice versa…